Maximizing Project Success Through Human Performance.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Author -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Psychology -- PART 1 Individual: Your Behaviors That May -- Chapter 2 Understanding Sense of Self -- Psychometric Evaluation: How You Make Decisions -- 360 Degree Feedback: How Others Perceive You -- Chapter 3 Creating a Consistent Brand -- First Impressions -- Building "Brand You" -- Chapter 4 Building Advocates -- Applying the Advocacy Model -- Building a Strategy for Unknowns -- Building a Strategy for Averters -- Building a Strategy for Detesters -- Building a Strategy for Corresponders -- Creating an Advocacy Action Plan -- Chapter 5 Profiling People at Work-Unconscious Behavior at the Individual Level -- Kinesics -- Acoustic Phonetics -- Cues For Stress -- PART 2 Team: Unconscious and Conscious Behaviors That Can Compromise Project Success -- Chapter 6 Understanding Power Dynamics-Unconscious Behavior at the Group Level -- The Power Seat -- Group Dynamics -- Applying Group Dynamics -- Chapter 7 Project Management Leadership -- Differences Between Leadership and Management -- The Top Ten Leadership Styles -- Chapter 8 Building a High-Performance Team -- Types of Teams -- Ideal Team Size -- Characteristics of High-Performance Teams -- Chapter 9 Using SWOT Analysis to Reorganize Your Existing Team -- Analyzing the Team -- Creating Subteams -- PART 3 Organization: Behaviors That Can Jeopardize Your Project -- Chapter 10 Navigating Organizational Politics -- The Power/Interest Grid -- Identifying Informal Influencers -- Chapter 11 Determining Organizational Readiness -- The Desired Change -- The Current State in Relation to the Desired Change -- Determine Impact on End Users -- PART 4 Project: Bringing It All Together -- Chapter 12 Case Study -- Background -- The Project -- Conclusion -- Index.